The Act effectively became a "dead letter", but was not formally removed from the books until passage of the Statute Law Revision Act 1861.
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The colonists partook in this action because Parliament had passed the Tea Act which allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonies thereby saving the company from bankruptcy.
Subsequently, when the colonists were indignant about their perceived lack of representation and taxes such as the Stamp Act, Sugar Act, and Tea Act, the colonists broke away from the Kingdom of Great Britain to form the United States.